Putting faces to the names on the Manilla Roll of Honour

The archives room at the Manilla museum is all abuzz at the moment with a new project underway.

In the lead up to the anniversary of the beginning of the First World War, volunteer historians are trying to find the stories behind the men on the local role of honour.

Jennifer Ingall found Shirley Coote and Denis Creer hard at work sifting through a host of documents which have come to light through the local RSL.

Denis and Shirley and the other volunteers hope to have discovered the stories of all 289 names on the roll of honour for a book to be published along with a gallery of photographs by the 4th August, which is the anniversary of the WW1.